I get out of the shower and put a pair of old sweat pants and hoodie. I sloppily pull my hair, i look in the mirror. I look as crappy as I feel, my eyes red and swollen. I drag my feet down the steps and sit on the couch. Dani comes in with a Dr. Pepper and Mint Chocolate Chip Floats, I give her a slight smile. "Thanks." I say. "Aubree's in bed, and I want to know what he said now." She says, facing me and taking a bite of her ice cream. "Well, after I told him about Aubree he called me a liar, and started screaming at me, saying he wanted things to be the same as before, but I changed and he couldn't believe I was trying to get money from him, that he didn't have a kid, it was someone else's baby and all this stuff. Then I left." I say, tears running down my cheeks. I look at Dani, her mouth is wide open and she makes a fist, squeezing until her knuckles turn white. "He is a asshole, Aubree looks just like him! How could he say something like that to you? He was the only guy you ever had sex with!" she says, setting her Float down. "I don't know. This is why I didn't want to tell him. He of course wouldn't believe me." I say, spinning my spoon around the cup. "Forget him, Ariana. He doesn't know what he's missing out on. Aubree is an amazing little girl." she says, hugging me. " I just want Aubree to have a daddy. I grew up without my dad and it sucks when Father Daughter dances come around, or when other people talk about their family. It really sucks. She may not understand it now, but in a few years, she'll be in school and she'll start wondering where her dad is and I don't wanna have to tell her he doesn't want her, or even think he is her father. That rejection hurts, Daniella." I say, tearing up. "Ariana, she has the best mother a girl could ask for. She is your world, everything you do is for her. She will know that and not even care about missing out on those things because you will make up for it all." she says. I sit back and close my eyes, exhausted from all the crying and stress. I end up drifting off to sleep.
Buzz. Buzz. Buzz.
I sit up and grab my phone. I see a number I don't recognize and a text from them, I read it and drop my phone. What the hell?

Notes

What does the text say? Who's it from?!